摘要:
The present invention relates to stable, homogeneous, preferably concentrated, aqueous liquid textile treatment compositions. The compositions of the present invention contain biodegradable diester quaternary ammonium compounds of formula (I), wherein: each Q is -O-(O)C- or -C(O)-O-; n is 1 to 4; each R1 substituent is a short chain C¿1?-C6 alkyl group, benzyl group or mixtures thereof; each R?2¿ is a long chain C¿11?-C21 hydrocarbyl, or substituted hydrocarbyl substituent and the counterion, X?-¿, can be any softener-compatible anion; wherein the biodegradable quaternary ammonium fabric softening compound is derived from C¿11?-C21 fatty acyl groups having an Iodine Value of from greater than about 5 to less than about 100, a cis/trans isomer weight ratio of greater than about 30/70 when the Iodine Value is less than about 25, the level of unsaturation of the fatty acyl groups is less than about 65 % by weight, the aqueous compositions being stable without nonionic viscosity modifiers when the concentration is less than or equal to 13 %.